Fishing from the shore is a s.o.b...as far assnags go.
your gonna get hung up and loose lures reguardless of what line you use.

if your fishing small ponds remember where the snags are at and try to find the best way(angle) to fish them withoout getting hung up. (wich means your gonna loose some baits in the learning process)

when i from the bank im always using something weedless....like a texas rigged worm....or a top water. i wont throw plugs cuz they are expensive and your gonna loose em...
i was haveing a good day with walleys fishing a place called the "steel dam" from the shore with rattletraps....i caught a 6pounder and three 4 pounders and several other fish....but i lost all my rattletraps that day.....all 6 of them that i had in 1/4 oz. some of the colors were rare too....cant find the same ones....this was when i was in highschool tho over 10 years ago(before i knew how to fish plastics corrrectly....

if your worried about having to cut off 10 yards of braided expensive line every time you get snagged....just tie a monofillement leader (12 lbs test or so)on with a "blood not" (video link on how to tie> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufncs42S8G8 thats about2feet long to the end of your line and tie the lure to that. when you get a snag it should break at the leader if you pull strait back...keeping you from having to cut off all that braid.

personally the only thing i like about braid is the no memory trait of it...

i still use stren mono in high vis gold 14lb test all the time so i can see my line when fishing plastics. i like the stretch of it...and its very forgiving...and not so hard on your equipment.....braid has its place tho.....but im always fishing shallow(under 10 feet of water mostely always.